School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, 2308, Australia.
Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Ghana.
BMC Public Health. 2019 Apr 16;19(1):412. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-6743-z.
Family members are key in detecting early suicide warning signs. This study compared the reasons for suicidality as reported by attempt survivors with their family folks in Ghana.
A qualitative design was used to select a sample size of 20 (10 family members and 10 suicide attempt survivors). Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.
Analysis of the data showed two major themes: 1) Similar Reasons (where both families and attempt survivors consistently reported similar reasons for suicidality and 2) Different Reasons (where there were sharp divergences).
Findings from this study help to understand the readiness of attempt survivor family members to intervene early during suicidal crisis.
家庭成员在发现早期自杀预警信号方面起着关键作用。本研究比较了加纳自杀未遂幸存者及其家属报告的自杀原因。
采用定性设计，选择了 20 名（10 名家属和 10 名自杀未遂幸存者）作为样本。采用主题分析法对数据进行分析。
数据分析显示了两个主要主题：1）相似的原因（即家属和自杀未遂幸存者一致报告了相似的自杀原因）和 2）不同的原因（即存在明显分歧）。
本研究的结果有助于了解自杀未遂幸存者家属在自杀危机早期进行干预的准备情况。
